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WCDT Strips 3221 to 3225 (16 - 20 May 2016)
Tova:
--- Quote from: Eastrim on 19 May 2016, 00:08 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 18 May 2016, 23:36 --- She's been down this road many times before.
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What do you base that on?
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It's based on a series of assumptions and speculations (about her condition and history) that are fairly reasonable, although not known for certain to be true; but just remember that speculation is what BenRG does. This is about as well-justified as speculation gets around here.
Eastrim:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 19 May 2016, 00:31 --- :roll: Okay, as you apparently have a blind spot for the rest of the post you originally quoted:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 18 May 2016, 23:36 ---She's lived with this all her life, after all. She must know how to handle it.
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Conditions like hers typically first manifest in childhood. She's certainly had experiences worse than this before.
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Okay, the eyerolling is uncalled for and rude. I think it natural to read 'previous post' as not the one I quoted (being the one that I quoted, which would be"the post you quoted" as you say), but the one previous to it. Don't blame me for your phrasing.
Also, if I read the post and then quoted it to ask a question, then I clearly did not see an explanation there. Saying "lived with this all her live" is a vague constant. Disaster, setbacks, situational muteness, her cuckoo clock? The subject 'this' is not specified. The likely subject may be "this road (what I saw described as a 'meltdown'," but that itself is pretty vague, and not an "all her life" kind of thing. I've had colds a dozen or two times, gotten blisters more than I can count, but neither would count as an "all my life" occurrence.
Wait.
Where IS the cuckoo clock? she doesn't have it in her hands when walking in, just the room card. It doesn't show up in later panels.
Lubricus:
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 19 May 2016, 00:43 ---
--- Quote from: DonInKansas on 16 May 2016, 22:34 ---For some reason I am mildly surprised there is no umlaut. :psyduck:
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I am very tired, but I'll try to explain it anyways. An umlaut changes the way the vowel is pronounced and changes how much stress/emphasis you put on it. Vowels in German (as with many other languages) only have one sound unless paired with another vowel in a diphthong or given some sort of accent mark (like an umlaut or that backwards apostrophy) . In this case, "Brun" doesn't have a stressed inflection because there's no umlaut.
DISCLAIMER: I'm not a linguistt
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Well, if Brun was born in the US, it is likely that her name has been anglified. That happens a lot, since English doesn't use umlaut marks. Her name might even be pronounced as if it had those umlauts, depending on her family's traditions. But possibly not.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: mikmaxs on 17 May 2016, 08:42 ---
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 16 May 2016, 20:32 ---
--- Quote from: mikmaxs on 16 May 2016, 00:59 ---And if it is Autism that drives her character's unusual traits, I can't say I'm a particular fan of the representation here. (Amd it seems weird that she was so acute and on point in 3215.)
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As an aspie, I'm going to have to ask you to clarify. Today's been an off day.
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In reference to comic 3215, she's apparently able to quickly and easily discern the real source of Clinton's conflict, get right to the heart of the matter, and precisely steer him towards a clear and immediate self-realization. As an aspie myself, I only have my own experiences to go off of, but I can't possibly see that kind of immediate and precise social navigation ever being in my wheelhouse of skills.
In regards to her characterization as a whole, I just don't find her all too pleasant. Prior to the fire, she's willfully unhelpful, threatens Clinton for no good reason, and seems to dislike helping customers. After the fire she's not been as bad, though she's still done little to endear herself to me besides being in a sympathetic position. I can't easily care for someone who acts like an unhelpful dick most of the time, even if they're amusing and willing to be *less* of a dick if you call them out on it.
I'm all for representation, but I'd rather that representation be with positive characters.
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She likely has a lot of practice with it and may have studied psychology in college (speaking from experience).
As for her coldness. Ever worked in the customer service industry (restaurants, retail, that sort of thing)? Dependent on one's job, length of employment, and personality, one can become quickly embittered. Not to mention that she could be an international resident. America has an aggressive, almost violent, overemphasis on customer service industry employees being smiling, cheerful, and ready to blow sunshine up the customer's ass all while taking whatever verbal/emotional abuse they dish out. Other countries don't have that. EDIT: Don't have that as badly.
On the note of representation; after all of the half-assed and outright wrong portrayals in Hollywood and TV (especially cable news), I just want something that's as accurate and honest as possible and I don't really care so much if it's positive or not. Hollywood wouldn't know accuracy if it walked up and punched them in the face. With the exception of Dan Akroid. Sidebar: someone should try to get him to write a slice-of-life show that accurately depicts life with autism.
Gyrre:
Speaking of accuracy, I'm going to have to give Jeph a thumbs up. I'm not the only autistic in my family (not sure of the specific diagnosis). My cousin's daughter learned sign language because she gets like that when she's upset, too.
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